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Leases - Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments Required under Finance Leases (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016
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Disclosure of finance lease by lessee [line items] |  |
Future minimum lease payments | $ 620,623 | $ 558,027
Interest | 97,934 | 96,230
Present value of minimum lease payments | 525,187 | 466,367
Up to one year [member] |  |
Disclosure of finance lease by lessee [line items] |  |
Future minimum lease payments | 46,274 | 39,016
Interest | 16,180 | 14,524
Present value of minimum lease payments | 45,416 | 38,407
One to five years [member] |  |
Disclosure of finance lease by lessee [line items] |  |
Future minimum lease payments | 186,344 | 152,880
Interest | 54,830 | 48,979
Present value of minimum lease payments | 169,383 | 139,322
Over five years [member] |  |
Disclosure of finance lease by lessee [line items] |  |
Future minimum lease payments | 388,005 | 366,131
Interest | 26,924 | 32,727
Present value of minimum lease payments | $ 310,388 | $ 288,638

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- Definition The amount of payments over the finance lease term that the lessee is or can be required to make, excluding contingent rent, costs for services and taxes to be paid by, and reimbursed to, the lessor, together with any amounts guaranteed by the lessee or by a party related to the lessee. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Note Expiry date 2019-01-01 -Name IAS -Number 17 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph 31 -Subparagraph b -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=17&date=2017-03-02&anchor=para_31_b&doctype=Standard&book=B -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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